Our Week (06/18 - 06/24)

Our pool is still under construction, so we had this week's swim meet at a fancy competition pool in the rich part of Austin:

Liz beating her personal best for breaststroke

Dog sitting for the neighbors:

Lizzy

Mr. Darcy

Owen learned to make biscuits, pizza, and french toast at cooking camp this week:

Father's Day!

Ribeye steak

Breakfast in bed...

...Made with love by these crazies

Owen at survival camp:

They learned things like maps, terrain features, sundials, military alphabet, Morse code, etc. They also got to have fun with Nerf guns and play zombie tag.

Selfie taken at youth activity:

With Arilyn and Hannah

Our Week (06/11 - 06/17)

The girls had a fun movie night with their old Young Women class:

Emma got to go to a birthday pool party with friends from school. Her teacher even came!

Swim meet:

This photo was taken by a professional photographer at last week's meet

These photos are from the "Around the World" camp we hosted for Owen and six friends this week. We learned about England, China, Australia, Egypt, and Mexico. (We spent 1 day learning about each country.) We played games, listened to stories, ate snacks, made crafts, etc.:

Mosquito bite. When Emma gets bit, she swells up like crazy:

Doing some quick community service for the local women's shelter:

This skunk in our neighbor's yard got aggressive as we drove past:

Our Week (06/04 - 06/10)

 Mother/daughter date for vegan cinnamon rolls:

At the Austin Temple site:

Photo credit: Grandpa Baker

Swim meet at Steiner Ranch, overlooking Texas Hill Country:

Emma helped Mom assemble a nightstand from IKEA:

Emily installed faux wood blinds in the bedrooms. You can see the curtains (before) on the right and the new blinds on the left:

Owen accompanied Mom on a walk one morning. We probably spent almost as much time rescuing snails from bikers as we did walking:

At the splash pad with friends:

More photos from the Austin Temple site:

Owen practicing his back float at swim camp: